Florida SBDC Business Blog

So, the bank declined your request for a business loan. Did they ask, Do you have any “marketable collateral”? When you indicated that you only had business assets, did they respond, “I am sorry, but we do not finance businesses unless they have been a […]

Who needs an export license? Not every exporter in the U.S. needs an export license. Exporters need to consider the type of exporting product, the country of destination, the end-use of the product and the end-user in order to determine if the exporting transaction requires […]

New products continue to be introduced, some with greater success than others. Where do new products originate and what makes some introductions more successful than others? Most New Products Originations are not New It is estimated that only 10% of new products are major new […]

Plant City Law Firm Creating Jobs, credits SBDC who “provided me the education, training, and assistance needed to accomplish my dream!” Established in March 2009, Virginia C. Carter, P.A. is a small business that created two new jobs in 2009 and will soon be creating […]

Tampa, FL. (June 29, 2010) ? The Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDC), which includes the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of South Florida (USF) has received full accreditation by the national accrediting agency – The Association of Small Business Development […]

The Florida SBDC at the University of South Florida is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide partnership program nationally accredited by the Association of America’s SBDCs and funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Defense Logistics Agency, State of Florida, and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the network's lead host institution. Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals.